Nothing...and everything...

So about that whole break....

It ended up ending pretty much as soon as I announced it, but I hadn't been writing for a month or so, and I just wasn't sure when I would feel like it again.

It's not that we hadn't done anything blog-worthy....on the contrary. We were BUSY. So many trips. So much work. So much fun...
I've had literally a million (Dustin hates it when I say “literally”. Maybe because I say it literally all the time.) things I’ve wanted to post, but haven’t had the time/energy/motivation to make it happen. Several times I’ve opened up the blogger window, and stared at it for a few moments, before deciding that it was all too much effort, and giving up. But I miss this place. I miss recording and sharing bits of my life. So I’m going to ignore that pesky “this has to have a point” feeling, and just unload some thoughts. After all, life is in the details. (besides, it's not like I have TV to watch instead!)

• Have you seen the new show If You really Knew Me. Last week I watched the premiere and I cried. If you're not taking a TV-break, you should check it out (either way, this might just be a worthy exception.)
  
• I’m back on a reading kick....something about the summertime makes me want to laze around with a good book. (...something about the allthetime makes me want to laze around...) Just finished Eat, Pray Love. (yes, I read it just because the movie is coming out and I wanted to feel like an “insider”). I thought it would be overrated, but I loved it. Elizabeth has such a great writer’s “voice”. I’ve already reserved her next book, Committed, at the library. Now I’m on to The Help. This one is so good I’ve even read parts of it aloud to Dustin (gotta do something on those Pittsburgh to Columbus trips!) Every night I climb into bed and turn on my mini reading clamp light so I don’t wake up Dus. Reminds me of being a kid and sneaking chapter books way after my bedtime.

• Dustin and I contemplating giving up on laundry and embracing a disposable life strategy. We will wear/use things until they need to be washed, and then instead, just throw them away. This should work for a couple of months. Except for sheets. We will be sleeping on the box spring soon. Or living in our car. But it beats all that folding!

• Leinenkugel’s Summer Beer collection is delicious. Try the Summer Shandy.

• If I was ever really rich, I would hire a masseuse/housekeeper/pedicure tech. Do you think that exists?

• Ever since YL camp I’ve been wearing hemp anklets. I love them irrationally.

That's about it for today. What's on your mind?

He didn’t get peanut butter....

He got pistachio. And I got mango/strawberry + every fruit they had. (his weighed more though. Just saying...)

Have you local folks tried Razzy Fresh yet? It’s Pittsburgh’s version of Pink Berry. And it is Yummmmmmmmmm.

TV-Be-Gone

Remember this?

Let’s call this The Sequel. Get ready, for TV- Free August!

Yes, I know we just got the new flat screen....but the summer has flown by so far, and I’d like to attempt to slow it back to a more peaceful pace. I'm hopeful that eliminating the boob-tube option, will open up our evenings and weekends for more productive (or at least less pointless) activities. We're one day in, and have already done laundry, cleaned the house, researched and booked a vacation, and written this here blog. And we've still got time to run some errands and get frozen yogurt (it's like Ice Cream Sundays lite). Not bad for day 1, huh?

I've got high hopes for the rest of the month....I'll keep you posted on how it goes. And let us know if you'd like to join the challenge. Who knows what 30 days could do for you?

P.S.
In a related story- I am now in the market for a ping pong table. So if you would like to donate one to the Bowdens Beat Boredom fund, we would happily accept.

P.P.S. In case you're wondering, I will still be watching the finale episodes of The Bachelorette, and Bethenny Getting Married. Because this thing was my idea, so we play by my rules.

**Important Message**

This is my friend Megan:

You should read her blog.


**And now back to the Bowden Blogging Break.**

Taking a small break.

(as if that wasn’t already obvious.)




Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?

See ya when we see ya!

Ice Cream Sundays

As the weather heats up, Dustin and I have started a new tradition....Ice Cream Sundays. For two weeks in a row, we've (ok I've) had a craving for ice cream, so we've hit up a local spot for a scoop.

Week one I opted for Lemon Chiffon, followed by a blue slushie. (what? don't you usually follow a dessert with a dessert drink?) Dustin got peanut butter...Dustin always gets peanut butter.

The evenings have been warm, and perfect for sitting outside, and enjoying our treats. It's times like these that we love living in Pittsburgh (or at least tolerate it, while dreaming of a location with a permanently temperate climate.)

Week two I skipped the slushie and just got a blue cone. Dustin got peanut butter...Dustin always gets peanut butter.

I love the weather, I love the ice cream, and I love my husband.

I think it's going to be a great summer.

Dad's Day!

I love an e-card. And I love my dads!!Happy Father's Day.